FireFox Tabs

[mjwilson94]

Every so often e.g. when i am searching on google and I click on a link a random tab opens up noramlly advertising something. It has only started to happen recently and think it maybe a virus??
Im not too sure but i would love to know what you guys think and any suggestions that you have to solve the problem. REP will be given to all who contribute. Thanks

 

[Dinesh]

Hi there, dont need to greed for rep.
It looks like your browser is hijacked. Go to Tools>Clear Recent History>Everything>Clear.

 

[zigzag3143]

Every so often e.g. when i am searching on google and I click on a link a random tab opens up noramlly advertising something. It has only started to happen recently and think it maybe a virus??
Im not too sure but i would love to know what you guys think and any suggestions that you have to solve the problem. REP will be given to all who contribute. Thanks

You can stop that easily. Install the firefox addon called no script. It prevents pop-ups or anything else that requires scripting. Warning it can be annoying until you configure it correctly

Ken.

 

[V3xar]

Hi mjwilson94,

Although a virus is probably the most probable cause of the actions occurring with your browser, many sites do link to advertising and other random popups.

To make sure that this doesn't interrupt your browsing experience simply block all popup windows by setting your browser settings as follows:





Hope this helps.

 

[FZ21Z]

And depending on what you install, might have ended up with some crap like mywebsearch or something similar on which could be the culprit, and not necessarily a virus.